Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

Name: Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
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ISBN: 9780333972397

ISBN-10: 0333972392

ISBN-13: 9780333972397

Edition: 3rd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Lawrence Freedman

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Book details

List price: $79.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 7/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 566
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




First and Second Thoughts


The Arrival of the Bomb


Offence and Defence


Aggression and Retaliation



Towards a Policy of Deterrence


Strategy for an Atomic Monopoly


Strategy for an Atomic Stalemate


Massive Retaliation



Limited War


Limited Objectives


Limited Means



The Fear of Surprise Attack


The Importance of Being First


Sputniksand the Soviet Threat


The Technological Arms Race



The Strategy of Stable Conflict


The Formal Strategists


Arms Control


Bargaining and Escalation



From Counterforce to Assured Destruction


City-Avoidance


Assured Destruction


The Soviet Approach to Deterrence


The Chinese Connection



The European Dimension


A Conventional Defence for Europe


The European Nuclear Option (i) Anglo-Saxon Views


The European Nuclear Option (ii) French and German Views



Retreat from Assured Destruction


Military-Industrial Complexities


The Consensus Undermine


Parity


Selective Options


The Reagan Administration and the Great Nuclear Debate



After the Cold War


The Threat Evaporates


Rogues and Rebels


The Threat Evaporates


The Second Nuclear Age


Can There Be a Nuclear Strategy?